5. THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DANCE/LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES - danced by Bobby Burgess and Cissy King6. THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU - Guy Hovis and Ralna English7. GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - Clay Hart with Buddy Merrill and Neil Levang on guitar and Richard Maloof on bass8. I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT - Norma Zimmer9. SWING OUT - Johnny Zell on trumpet, Peanuts Hucko on clarinet and Bob Havens on trombone

During the show, I noticed the recurring theme other than New Year's Eve was the Tournament of Roses parade and the Rose Bowl.

Here's the Maestro talking with the reigning queen of the Rose Parade.

And during the parade number, we see that half the Music Makers waving Ohio State pennants and the other half Stanford pennants.

These were the two schools that were scheduled to play in that year's Rose Bowl.And if you're a sports fan, Stanford won that game 27-17. The game's Most Valuable Player? It was quarterback Jim Plunkett who would go on to win two Super Bowls in a sixteen year career in the pros.

So until next time, keep a song in your heart and remember where the music comes out after it goes round and round.

3 comments:

Just found this blog and I'm thrilled! I have no idea how I've never come across it before.

I'm a huge Lawrence Welk fan (am watching right now!) and have been watching the show since middle school. I got to go to the Precious Memories reunion concert in Branson. Safe to say I was one of the youngest there since I was only 17 :) Got to meet so many of the wunnerful singers and it inspired me to do my senior research paper on Lawrence Welk and even got to do a phone interview with Ton Netherton for it! Still my favorite interview to this day!

Anyway, enough about me...I can't wait to dig deeper into this blog and look at all the wunnerful things you've posted!

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The blogmeister is also the webmaster behind the very successful Welk Musical Family.com. I have been a fan of Lawrence Welk since I was a youngster (not too long ago!) and have watched (and taped) his show every Saturday night on my local PBS station, WGTE and sometimes WBGU. My hometown and current residence is Toledo, Ohio and in recent years, I have attended many of their live concerts and had the chance to meet many of the wunnerful music makers as well.